Hijras: Who We Are by Meena Balaji
and
other Eunuchs as told to Ruth Lor Malloy.
Excerpt: First the neophyte is undressed and washed with yellow turmeric paste and given what she wants to eat. "Do you want to become a woman?" the senior hijras or daima asks her. What man do you want to sleep with?" Then the daima ties a string tightly around the organ.....
In return disciples believe she gives them the power to bless and curse.
living in India who are neither female or male.
Why do they want to be Hijras, how do they live, how do they feel, what is it like to be castrated, how do they want to be addressed, what is their religion....????
